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Qos Upstream and Downstream greyed out?
Hello,
I have the Nighthawk R7000 and I been trying to enable my Qos but it is greyed out and I can not select anything...any help would be great!
Hi Norvell1984,
The router uses dynamic QoS.
https://kb.netgear.com/25613/How-do-I-enable-Dynamic-QoS-on-my-Nighthawk-router
dear TheEther,
can you pls explain a bit why QoS is not made avail in AP mode?
and what do you meant by apply it at the primary router?
are'nt we suppose to have that capability in the router (r7800, v1.0.2.28, AP) to manage the traffic? maybe it should made avail i 2 mode - auto and custom
can you pls explain a bit why QoS is not made avail in AP mode?
and what do you meant by apply it at the primary router?
are'nt we suppose to have that capability in the router (r7800, v1.0.2.28, AP) to manage the traffic? maybe it should made avail i 2 mode - auto and custom
Think of QoS as a cop controlling traffic on the main road into and out of town. The cop wouldn't be very effective controlling only a subset of all traffic. An Access Point (AP) is typically not in a position to handle all Internet traffic arriving or leaving your house. Because of this, QoS is usually not available as an option.
In a home network, it makes the most sense to apply QoS at the router which handles all Internet traffic as it arrives or leaves your house. Your modem may have a router built into it, in which case, QoS should be enabled there. If your modem doesn't have a router but you, instead, have a separate router connected directly to the modem, then QoS should be enabled there.
While the R7800 is a router, putting it into AP mode disables many functions, including the firewall, NAT and, of course, QoS. If you want to use QoS on the R7800, then disable AP mode, but you should connect all devices through it and you should disable all routing functions in all other devices. Having a single device functioning as a router is recommended for the vast majority of home networks.
Hello TheEther,
Sorry for asking you the wrong question. My router is model r7800, in router mode. v1.0.2.28. I have tried to play with many configuration but still I could not get the downstream QoS tabbed appear.
I have selected Advanced->QoS Setup. There are only Quality of Service tabbed and WMM tabbed appeared.
Can you please advice me what to do? is the router broken?
Thank you in advance
I could be mistaken, but I believe the R7800 only supports Dynamic QoS. There should be a Enable Dyamic QoS check box. If you don't see it, can you try a different browser? Can you post a screenshot?
